If you’re a small business owner and you haven’t reviewed your prices for this new financial year or done a budget or cashflow plan, we urge to put it on your TO DO list – or give us a call at Prime Strategies and we’ll help you get it done. Anecdotally, as consumers we know …
“It’s simple really – Prime Strategies was (still is) founded on one guiding principle – a genuine desire to help small business owners succeed by improving business performance so they can enjoy the work life balance they deserve.” “I know this to be true because as business advisors we’re encouraged to practice what we preach …
Over the past few years, more business owners have started the planning process for exiting. Something that has become increasingly common is owners are wanting to offer the business to existing staff. What I have found is there are several difficult things to contemplate when starting down a seemingly simple path of transferring ownership to …
There was a recent article published in the UK by Timothy Adler, that talked of the issues in UK small business and quoted that one third of self-employed were struggling with making a good living. Now that particular statement did not raise any major alarms as it is often the case. However, the next comment …
Do you as an SME owner make enough of a financial return in your business? Read More »
“This is not my responsibility” is unfortunately a sentence which is heard more than it ever should be in businesses. One of the common factors I find when working with underperforming teams or organisations is a lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities. As a result, tasks are completed to a lower standard, or people …
Watch your revenue soar! What keeps your customers coming back? Do you know your unique market position? Are you happy with your sales results or does your sales and marketing approach need a make over? Our sales and marketing programs enable clients to realise their sales potential by aligning their business vision, sales strategies and …
Business consultants spend a lot of time talking to clients about staff issues – and all too often it’s because someone on the team hasn’t acted in a way that the boss would have done “back in my day”. It’s a tough one – often the employees are younger, therefore from a different generation, and …
They call this a “Dashing Cavalier” hat: When you are at work as an SME Business owner, do you try and where one of these? The Dashing Cavalier: The person who can do everything? What I am talking about here is that as a business owner, unless your business is perhaps $10m plus per annum, …
How much of your day is taken up by responding? Don’t get me wrong clearing your inbox, responding to colleague questions, or texting friends about a catch-up is important, so is getting on with the work that your team and clients depend on you to do. As leaders, what we do can get accepted as …
Improving Productivity 3 – the Fifty-Minute Block Principle Read More »
How easy is it to sit at your computer, banging out reports, drafting emails or surfing the internet, but come 6 o’clock you wonder what you’ve actually achieved? If you feel like you never have enough time in your workday, there are a few changes and habits you can make that will help. In an …
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